Wesley Clark. The Leadership We Need at a Time of Crisis.

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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What does it take to be an effective leader at a time of unprecedented crisis? We look at the vital skills great leaders share in common. Guest: Retired four-star general, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate, Wesley Clark. He shares his unique experience in the military, business, politics, and as the leader of the non-profit group, Renew America Together.

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0:00.0	Now more than at any time I can remember we need good leaders.
0:05.0	Men and women who will make tough decisions but also have some empathy
0:09.0	and can reassure us that they know what they're doing.
0:12.0	I'm Ashley Milntight. I'm Richard Davies.
0:17.0	Today on Let's Find Common Ground, what does it take to be a good leader in this time of
0:26.9	unprecedented crisis? Why do persistence and good communication skills make a difference. We look at what the best leaders
0:34.3	share in common and how they can help us find common ground. Retired General
0:40.4	Wesley Clark has thought about this a lot. He's a business leader, educator, and writer.
0:46.0	He spent 38 years in the US Army. His final military assignment was a Supreme Allied commander Europe. Today he heads up the
0:55.6	nonprofit group Renew America Together. Wesley Clark ran for the Democratic
1:00.4	presidential nomination in 2004.
1:03.5	General Clark, we've never faced a crisis like this one before.
1:08.4	What makes a great leader when something shocking and unexpected happens.
1:13.8	Well, I think you have to have a number of qualities.
1:16.3	First thing is, if you're going to lead,
1:18.3	you have to understand you're responsible.
1:20.5	And you can't run from that responsibility.
1:23.0	Political leaders as a class like to take credit for things that work and don't want to be associated with things that don't.
1:31.0	And so if you go back in American history and look at Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War,
1:35.4	there was no question who was responsible for the Union War effort. He didn't
1:39.9	call up a vice president and say you're in charge of this war effort.
1:43.3	And if you look to Franklin Roosevelt in World War II,
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